Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik Roshan to clash once again

Rumoured exes will be releasing on the same date

Looks like the Kangana Ranaut v Hrithik Roshan feud is not over yet. Balaji Telefilms just confirmed that it's upcoming film Mental Hai Kya - which stars the former in the lead, alongside Rajkummar Rao - will release on July 26, the same day as Hrithik's Super 30.



In a statement made on Tuesday, Balaji's Ekta Kapoor said that the decision had been made after taking "recommendations from the distributors, trade analysts and a top research team," reported Hindustan Times.



The producer did not mention Hrithik or Super 30 directly but noted that both teams were involved with the decision-making process and that she hopes there will be no ‘mud-slinging.' “This is a call taken by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji telefilms considering better prospects for the film at the box office,” the statement read. Mental Hai Kya was originally slated for  release on June 21, when it would have clashed against Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh.

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Interestingly, Kangana had earlier set her film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi up against Super 30 on January 26, but the Hrithik-starrer was delayed after director Vikas Bahl was named in India's #MeToo movement. The film’s post production is being overseen by Anurag Kashyap but it will not carry a director’s credit.

Hrithik and Kangana have a long personal animosity. They were involved in a widely publicised dispute after the Queen starlet called him a ‘silly ex,’ which the actor denied.

Here’s the full statement:

 

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While Mental Hai Kya is said to be a quirky crime comedy, Super 30 is the biopic of mathematician Anand Kumar.

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